European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 21, 1994 . I the stars and stripes Page 7 a fila peace and Vitamin c proponent Linus Pauling shown in november 1963, died Friday at his ranch in californians big sur area. Dual Nobel laureate Pauling Dies at 93 big sur Calif. A two time Nobel prize Winner Linus Pauling a Leader in the fight against nuclear weapons and an advocate of Vitamin c to prevent cancer the common cold and other diseases it died Friday. He was 93. Pauling died at his ranch in the big sur area at about 7 20 p.m., according to the Linus Pauling Institute of science and Medicine in Palo Alto. He had been in frail health for several months according to the Institute. Pauling was the Only person to win two unshared Nobel prizes. A scientific Renaissance Man whose career spanned More than sue decades he published several books and More than 1,000 scientific papers continuing to put out about a dozen a year into his 90s. A life has always been something of a Puzzle which in a always trying to figure out a he told the associated press in 1991. Pauling won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 1954 for his research on the nature of the chemical Bond that holds molecules together and its use in understanding the Structure of such Complex substances As protein and antibodies. After the development of the atomic bomb Pauling became a peace advocate and campaigned against nuclear weapons. In 1958, he presented a petition to the United nations signed y More than 11,000 scientists worldwide opposing nuclear weapons tests. On oct. 10, 1963, the effective Date for the .-soviet test ban treaty he was awarded the 1962 Nobel peace  an outgoing Man with Bright Blue eyes and White hair who often wore a floppy Beret Pauling displayed a wry wit. He said that the governments recommended daily allowance of Vitamin c a Only keeps you from dying of  was his theories about Vitamin c that made Pauling controversial during the past 20 years. He maintained that Large doses of ascorbic acid or Vitamin a can extend the life Span by decades and protect people from diseases ranging from the common cold to cancer. A his 1970 Book Vitamin c and the common cold was a Best seller and 1>ersuaded Many americans to gulp arge doses. In 1973, Pauling established the Linus Pauling Institute of science and Medicine in Palo Alto which continues research on Vitamin c and other nutrients. Pauling himself took 18,000 milligrams of Vitamin g a Day. The recommended daily allowance for adults is 60 milligrams. But time and disease caught up with him he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in december 1991. A it May be that my Vitamin c put the cancer off by 20 years a he said. Pauling was born in Portland ore., on feb. 28, 1901. He said he was 11 or 12 years old when he first sought to understand the universe. Slurs of scrabble group says Universal City Calif. A a new scrabble dictionary due to be purged of some 100 offensive words wont be used in tournament play the National scrabble association said thursday. Hasbro inc., which owns scrabble manufacturer Milton Bradley said in May that it would eliminate As Many As 100 words deemed to be ethnic and racial slurs from the official scrabble players dictionary. The third edition of the Book is due out at the end of the year. A we understand Why people Are offended by these words but we have the ability to separate words from their meaning a association spokesman John Williams or. Said at the National scrabble championships at the Universal Hilton hotel. A to us words Are just game pieces like a Bridge hand or chessmen a he said. Scrabble dictionaries Are compiled from the four most common general dictionaries. When offensive words Are deleted from those four dictionaries Williams said the association will Stop using them. The association represents about 10,000 scrabble tournament players. About 30 million people in North America own the game Williams said. Hasbro spokesman Wayne Charness said he did not have enough information on the associations move to comment. Bill to Cut waste clears joint panel by Eric Schmitt new York times Washington a House and Senate negotiators Friday approved legislation that streamlines the Way the government buys $200 billion Worth of goods a year from office desks to aircraft carriers and \ ultimately could save billions of dollars annually. The legislation which will bring the most sweeping changes in government purchasing in More than a decade chiefly affects Pentagon spending which accounts for 75 percent of All government purchases. An advisory panel to the defense department has estimated the changes could save the Pentagon up to $20 billion a year. The Bill consolidates or eliminates More than 225 existing rules encourages Federal agencies to buy off the shelf commercial products instead of custom designed ones and simplifies paperwork for purchases under $100,000. It also allows government managers to buy products faster and More cheaply in part by doing business by computer. A in general terms its a Good first step Forward a James h. Goldstein of Motorola inc., which Sells the government $1 billion in electronics equipment annually. A a it a not completely what my company would have liked. We would have liked to have seen them go farther in the use of commercial practices a the Bill now goes Back to both houses where approval is expected. The administration has pushed for the legislation. Lawmakers said it would take about a year to Hammer out the specific regulations to carry out the Law and ensure that Federal agencies adopt consistent rules the tangle of regulations that lawmakers Are slashing in the new Bill was adopted with Good intentions in the 1980s to address military procurement scandals that produced $640 toilet seats and other prohibitively expensive equipment. Since then these rules have proliferated to strangle the Pentagon a already cumbersome process in a web of often contradictory regulations. Five of the nations 10 largest semiconductor companies for example refuse military work because they have decided that meeting All the government contracting requirements is not Worth the trouble. A the current process of procuring equipment and services for our military and civilian agencies fakes too Long costs too much and suffers under a crushing Burden of wasteful overhead a said sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., who Heads the Senate armed services committee. Pentagon officials and lawmakers expect that a greater Reliance on commercial products and their competitive pricing will ease concerns about having to conduct audits to ensure that the government is receiving a fair Price. For decades administrations have paid lip service to revamping the cumbersome Way the government especially the Pentagon buys goods and services. But the Clinton administration has thrown its weight behind this initiative in Large part to use the anticipated savings to pay for other Domestic programs. Four i Utthi there s still time to play �?o100 Days of summer Quot at participating Safe Bowling centers. 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